Katherine Drabiak, Montana SB 136 and the Future of Physician Assisted Suicide in the U.S., Bioethics Today, March 7, 2025.
Katherine Drabiak, Measures for Recreational Marijuana Failed in Three States: A Win for Public Health, Harvard Law Bill of Health, November 23, 2024.
Katherine Drabiak, 10 States Had Abortion Measures on the Ballot – Where They Passed, Where They Failed, and What It All Means, The Conversation, November 8, 2024.***Evidence of impact: republished by outlets such as the San Francisco Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers. Reached over 21,000 readers. Resulted in KCBS New Radio/Audacy Podcast (San Francisco) interview.
Katherine Drabiak, Misleading Amendment 4 Ads Undermine Voter Integrity, Orlando Sentinel, October 27, 2024.
Katherine Drabiak, What Is A Frozen Embryo Worth? Alabama’s IVF Case Reflects Bigger Questions Over Grieving and Wrongful Death Laws, The Conversation, March 7, 2024.
Katherine Drabiak, The Satanic Temple Asserts Medication Abortion is a Religious Right, Harvard Law Bill of Health, February 9, 2024.
Katherine Drabiak, LED Lightbulbs May Be Hazardous to Your Health, The Hill, August 23, 2023.
Katherine Drabiak, Human Rights Report and Age of Consent for Sex Laws, Harvard Law Bill of Health, May 4, 2023.
Katherine Drabiak, Florida’s Collection of Transgender Treatment Information is About Health, Not Privacy, Orlando Sentinel, February 9, 2023.
Katherine Drabiak, The Ethical Dilemmas Behind Plans for Involuntary Treatment to Target Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addiction, The Conversation, February 3, 2023. ***Evidence of impact: republished by outlets such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston Chronicle, and Hearst Newspapers. Reached over 20,000 readers.
Katherine Drabiak, Change Won’t Appear Overnight in Many States if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, The Conversation, June 3, 2022. ***Evidence of impact: listed on Supreme Court of the U.S. blog as “one to read this week,” and republished by outlets such as the Houston Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, and Yahoo News.
Katherine Drabiak, What’s Behind the Push to Revise Marijuana Laws?, Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2022.
Katherine Drabiak, Trying to Coerce the Unvaccinated to Submit to a Medical Intervention Threatens Everyone’s Rights, Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2022.
Katherine Drabiak, Clarifying Misconceptions About the Parental Bill of Rights, Orlando Sentinel, July 8, 2021. ***Evidence of impact: contacted by community professionals for expertise, including a physician, a school psychologist; resulted in invitation from Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County for presentation and Q&A session.
Katherine Drabiak, Liberal Government Condones Risky IVF Procedure, Independent Australia, March 20, 2021. ***Evidence of impact: republished by other media outlets including Mercator.net [Australia] and The Catholic Weekly [Australia].
Katherine Drabiak, Australia’s Parliament Should Maintain the Laws that Prohibit Mitochondrial Donation, Biopolitical Times, Center for Genetics and Society, March 11, 2021.
Katherine Drabiak, Infants Born Through Surrogacy Contracts Cannot Be Canceled or Returned, Harvard Law Bill of Health, February 8, 2021.
Katherine Drabiak, Tempering the Flames When the World is On Fire, Medium, June 20, 2020.
Katherine Drabiak, Wisconsin Strikes Down Safer at Home Order, Harvard Law Bill of Health, June 10, 2020.
Katherine Drabiak, Lessons from One Child Nation for Health Policy, Harvard Law Bill of Health, February 5, 2020.
Katherine Drabiak, California Law To Restrict Medical Vaccine Exemptions Raises Thorny Questions Over Control, The Conversation, September 24, 2019. ***Evidence of impact: Article was republished on U.S. News and World Report and in multiple newspaper outlets. Reached over 43,000 readers.
Katherine Drabiak, Measles Outbreaks Show Legal Challenges Of Balancing Personal Rights And Public Good, The Conversation, April 11, 2019. ***Evidence of impact: Article was republished on PBS and in multiple newspaper outlets. Reached over 34,000 readers and resulted in radio podcast interview with BYU/PBS radio and print media interviews.
Katherine Drabiak, Toxic Breastmilk: When Substance Abuse Relapse Means Death for Baby, Harvard Law Bill of Health, November 15, 2018.
Katherine Drabiak, Hawaii’s New End of Life Law: Do the Additional Safeguards Withstand Scrutiny? The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, May 4, 2018. ***Evidence of impact: quoted by health advocacy groups, including the Australian Healthcare Alliance and Patients’ Right Council.
Katherine Drabiak, As Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer Gene Mutation Expands, What Women Need To Consider, The Conversation, May 3, 2018. ***Evidence of impact: republished in Washington Post, Salon, and other newspaper outlets. Reached over 24,000 readers and resulted in requests for TV, podcast, and print media interviews.
Katherine Drabiak, Engineering Consensus in the Development of Genome Editing Policy, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, March 14, 2017.
Katherine Drabiak, Deaths in Cancer Trials Using Gene-Altered Cells, Center for Genetics and Society, August 5, 2016.
Katherine Drabiak, Read the Fine Print Before Sending Your Spit to 23andMe, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, February 26, 2016. *** Evidence of impact: This commentary, along with the full length law review article, resulted in numerous TV and podcast media interviews.
Katherine Drabiak, Celltex Under Fire by FDA, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 2, 2012.
Katherine Drabiak, Legislatures Race to Define Rights and Obligations Relating to Genetic Information: Avoiding Another Bearder, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 30, 2012.
Katherine Drabiak, Privacy and Security Considerations for Emerging Health Information Exchanges: Notes from Utah and New York, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 16, 2012.
Katherine Drabiak, Mercy Health Plan’s Medical Data Security Breach Should Inform OCR’s Harm Standard, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 10, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Oklahoma Legislature Requires Express Consent to Retain Newborn Blood Spots, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 17, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, California Department of Public Health Orders Changes to Berkeley’s Genetic Test Program , Predictive Health Ethics Research News, August 19, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, DTC Tests Face Scrutiny at FDA, GAO, and Congress, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 27, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Berkeley Scheduled to Move Forward with Freshmen DNA Testing, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, June 29, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Pathway Genomics: the Final Tipping Point for FDA Regulation of DTC Genetic Tests?, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, May 13, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Havasupai Tribe and Arizona State University Settlement Agreement: ASU to Return the Blood Samples, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 29, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Plaintiffs: Myriad’s Gene Patents Are Invalid, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, April 5, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Transparency of Texas’ NBS Transfer and Reassessing Evasive Statutory Interpretation, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, March 9, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Direct-to-Consumer Fetal Sex Prediction Tests: the US is Not Immune to Sex Selection, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, February 2, 2010.
Katherine Drabiak, Minnesota Judge’s Dismissal of Newborn Blood Spot Case Misses the Mark, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, December 14, 2009.
Katherine Drabiak, Lawsuit Challenging Myriad’s BRCA1 and BRCA2 Patents Will Go Forward: Judge Rejects Defendants’ Attempts to Preclude Plaintiffs’ Day in Court, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 25, 2009.
Katherine Drabiak, Newborn Blood Spot Litigation Continues in Minnesota and Texas, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 20, 2009.
Katherine Drabiak, Critiquing HHS’s Summary Recommendations on Newborn Blood Spots: Opt-Out is Not Optimal, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 4, 2009.
Katherine Drabiak, Direct-To-Consumer Baby Gender Mentor Test in a Three Year Stalemate, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, July 21, 2009.
Katherine Drabiak, Sharing Patient Health Records: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 793, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, February 15, 2008.
Katherine Drabiak, A Public Cord Blood Bank in Indiana? Reviewing House Bill 1020, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, January 26, 2008.
Katherine Drabiak, Newborn Screening: An Update on Minnesota, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 16, 2007.
Katherine Drabiak, Get Your Genetic Test Results Online and Who Needs a Physician? Predictive Health Ethics Research News, November 15, 2007.
Katherine Drabiak, Insurance Underwriting and Healthcare Limbo, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, October 15, 2007.
Katherine Drabiak, Minnesota and Genetic Privacy: Why the Rule of Law is Good for Research, Predictive Health Ethics Research News, September 26, 2007.
